Druantia

[Ganga]

Can anyone tell me more about Druantia? Where can I find pictures?

[Child Of Anubis]

http://www.angelfire.com/mt/aerith/profile2/druantia.html

[Ganga]

Thanks! She looks quite different in the picture than I had imagined... I suppose the ears are like that because of the fairy connection? I noticed the little wolf on her arm, too. What is the significance of that?

[DragonDawn]

I found this at www.witchs-brew.com

DRUANTIA
"Queen of the Druids"; Mother of the tree calender; Fir Goddess.

Fertility, passion, sexual activities, trees, protection, knowledge, creativity.

[Myst]

linkity link link!

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/1502/faery/goddess/druantia.html
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/druantia/ladiesam.html
http://home.iprimus.com.au/janij/LadyHawke/goddess.html

[Pallas]

In British Mythology, Druantia was the Goddes of Birth, Wisdom, Death and Metempsychosis (the passing of the soul at death into another body either human or animal).

In Celtic Mythology she was the symbol of Protection, Knowledge, Creativity, Passion, Sex, Fertility, Growth, Trees and Forests.

[Mnemosyne]

BUMP

[SpiDer_AnGeL]

Thanks for bumping this!

[Nantonos]

In British Mythology, Druantia was the Goddes of Birth, Wisdom, Death and Metempsychosis (the passing of the soul at death into another body either human or animal).

In Celtic Mythology she was the symbol of Protection, Knowledge, Creativity, Passion, Sex, Fertility, Growth, Trees and Forests.

Do you have a reference for that? How do we know about her?

[cartweel]

I may be going crazy, but it seems that all but one of the links posted so far don't work. Does anybody else have the same problem, or is it just my crazy computer? I'm interested, you see, because I've never even *heard* of Druantia.

And just a total and complete guess: Does 'Druid' come from 'Dru'antia?

[Amber Wynd]

Nope, you're not crazy. Only one of the links posted works for me, too.

[Philosophia]

Some links:
http://www.tartanplace.com/faery/oak.html
http://www.joellessacredgrove.com/Celtic/deitiesd-e-f.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/druantia
http://enc.slider.com/Enc/Druantia

[Nantonos]

I may be going crazy, but it seems that all but one of the links posted so far don't work. Does anybody else have the same problem, or is it just my crazy computer?

Probably because they were posted several years ago when the thread was started.


I'm interested, you see, because I've never even *heard* of Druantia.

And just a total and complete guess: Does 'Druid' come from 'Dru'antia?

No. However, you are correct to note the similarity; the name Druantia - which, as far as I can tell, was made up by Robert Graves in The White Goddess - uses the same root, which means oak, as the word druid does.

I wouldn't worry about the links. Mostly they are the dreaded 'deity lists' ie totally unreferenced, wildly inaccurate, and copied from one site to another accumulating errors, fantasy and random accretions along the way.

I checked earlier today and there are no inscriptions mentioning Druantia known from Gaul.

[Philosophia]

I wouldn't worry about the links. Mostly they are the dreaded 'deity lists' ie totally unreferenced, wildly inaccurate, and copied from one site to another accumulating errors, fantasy and random accretions along the way.

Did you read all of mine?
From http://www.tartanplace.com/faery/oak.html

Druantia, Druentia (Oozing, Soaking, Melting) Drùdhadh (Soaking) Dru (Melt) Drwg (Evil) An Drùidh (Oak Tree) Dryads, The Dervonnae, Chêneresses (Oak Spirits) Hamadryads (With Oak)
Our Lady of the Oak, in Anjou, and Our Lady of the Oak, near Orthe, in Maine, are places famous for pilgrimage. In this last province, says a historian, ‘One sees at various cross-roads the most beautiful rustic oaks decorated with figures of saints. There are seen there, in five or six villages, chapels of oaks, with whole trunks of that tree enshrined in the wall, beside the altar.’ (pron druh-AN-tee-a or druh-an-TEE-a, DROOG) Druantia is Queen of the Druids & Mother of the tree calendar. She is a triple goddess of fir trees and the daughter of the triple god Cleddyf and the triple goddess Queen Bee. She is tall with thick wheat-yellow hair, green dress, fragrance of sunshine & cut grass. She carries the green magic, the green strength. Her sisters are: Gwaeth/Gaoth(Wind) & Gwaethav Oll/Gwaernardel(Wind of All), the most beautiful They are a manifestation of the three fates: birth, growth & death. They live in the sacred grove of Aymara: Goddess of Growing Things, Queen of the Harvests, Bride of the Oak. The god Hanratty cut down one of Aymara’s oaks. Aymara heard of it in her throne room and in her rage she sent for her servant Famine from the Place of Shadow, ruled by Oogah, to punish him. Famine is a skeletal woman who comes to frighten children as dreams of their dead grandmother. Famine took the form of a tall, graceful, naked maiden with frosted hair, icy body and fingers to visit Hanratty. He ate himself alive with hunger.
The Dervonnae are the Ladies of the Bourbonnais [Herodias: strength, Frisonne: fair plated hair, Peuffenie: puffs of steam, Marie-Groëtte: hides behind beautiful flowers, Madeleine: long hair, Marie-Griffon: knits nets, Echouise: eel, Vougeote: grace] who invite people returning home from the ball to dance and drag them to the bottom of the river. The Ogham: Idea (pron. OH-yam) letters of the calendar are called feda: wood (pron. fay-dah) placed along a flesc: twig. (pron. flay-shk) Druie is a river in Strathspey. Drocae/Drocum/Dorcae/Durocassae/Druidum fanum: Dreux, France by Euie-et-Loir. (60, 71, 75, 77, 99,151, 188, 197)

[Ceffyl]

Did you read all of mine?
From http://www.tartanplace.com/faery/oak.html

Even though I haven't been through your entire site (huge list), your page is probably the only one that I've seen that actually uses works cited. That is a pleasant surprise =)

~Ceffyl

[Nantonos]

Did you read all of mine?
From http://www.tartanplace.com/faery/oak.html

Yes, it was hilarious. Thanks for posting that one, I forgot it was April Fools day :yayah:

[Philosophia]

Even though I haven't been through your entire site (huge list), your page is probably the only one that I've seen that actually uses works cited. That is a pleasant surprise =)
~Ceffyl

Thanks! :hugz:

[Philosophia]

Yes, it was hilarious. Thanks for posting that one, I forgot it was April Fools day :yayah:

Why is it funny?